Thriller (1974)
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After being raped as a child by a greasy derelict, Madeleine (Christina Lindberg) is left mute. Fifteen years later, she has grown into a beautiful, but very traumatized young woman. After missing her bus one day, Madeleine is picked up by a smooth-talking man named Tony Dill (Heinz Hopf), who hooks her on heroin and forces her into prostitution, slicing one of her eyeballs out with a scalpel in graphic detail (Lindberg claims director Bo A. Vibenius used a real corpse) when she revolts. When Madeleine's parents commit suicide, she snaps, and begins training in karate, stunt driving, and shooting, biding her time for a violent revenge. That's when the shocks really begin, particularly in the original version, which is 15 minutes longer than the truncated print released by American-International. Lindberg suffered similar travails in Gustav Wiklund's smarmy (but less explicit) Exponerad three years earlier. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 104 mins
Complete Cast:
- Per-Axel Arosenius
- Despina Tomazani - Lesbian
- Heinz Hopf - Tony
- Christina Lindberg - Frigga
- Director(s):
- Bo A. Vibenius
- Writer(s):
- Bo A. Vibenius, Alex Fridolinski
- Producer(s):
- Bo A. Vibenius
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Violence)
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